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Both ships arrived off this beach at 0100 and sent boats inshore, the ships being manceurered closer in as the tide rose.
By 0615 the beaches had been cleared and
"Grafton", "Grayhound", "Calcutta" and three paddle steamers sailed. (Number of soldiers approximately 100)
Whilst returning to Dover "Greyhound" was detached to escort S.S. Dorrien Rose who had on board survivors of "Queen of the Channel;ultimately berthing at Admiralty Pier at 1230 28th.May. After discharging troops Greghound proceeded to Dunkirk and went alongside the pier as soon as a billet was vacant.It was found difficult to count the troops as they came aboard and the numbers appeared to be regulated from forther down the pier where detachments were assembled and detailed.
"Greyhound" embarked 681 and sailed, arriving alongside
Admiralty pier at 0030.
At 0.430 29th.May "GreyBound" sailed in company with Captain D.lst. Flotilla for La Panne. - in paranthesis, this was the first time I had been at S9A
with my Captain D.since 15th.January.
Embarkation by whaler and motor boat was carried out steadily until 1600 when an attack was made by bombers the fourth salvo of which scored two near misses, the splinters killing 20 men and wounding 70 and causing the following damage.In the engine Γo: cas air ejector and one forced lubrication pump wars put out of action.
In No.3 Doller room main feed pipe was pierced resulting in complete loss of feed water, and an exhaust pipe from a feed heater punctured which caused the boiler room to fill with steam.
"Greyhound", then at short stay, weighed and proceeded, her boats which returned undamaged were ordered to go to one of the two minesweepers "Sutton" and
"SalamandSr" stillat anchor, as with the number of casualties on the upper deck it was not considered possible to hoist them.
The motor boat, Loading Seaman Saunders, continued to run trips ashore until 2200 when the crew went on board
H.M.S. "Locust" in which they returned to Dover.
The whaler, Leading Seaman Setterfield, embarked crew troops taken on board "Golden Eagle" in which they continually until 2230 when she was holed and the returned to England.
water feed, until 1930 when with she was H.M. taken in tow
Greyhound proceeded under her own steam, with vicinity of West Hinder Buoy, by salt "Blyskawwica" than on patrol S.Vega in
Tow was slipped off Dover at 2330 and
"Greyhound" was taken into harbour 0245 30th.May by tugs, and borthed
432 alongside soldiers apart from
Admiralty Pier casualties. at landed
It is my opinion ****

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Name
Service
&
G.H. Rose, Sto. 1st CI.
Teat any in Bonny Ballo with 2 0.S. they didn't know much about stoering the boat so be had to drive and stear it at the
Two Drd. Sea.
same time. 2nd June. Tyn they arrived
Denicize a shell burst on the pier and sank & drifter alongside a Jutty. Sto.
sent astern to avoid shapmal and ran on to submerged areckage. A Sub.Ideutonant,
R.I.V.R. came on heard at Dynkirk and Sub.
dived over the side and took a rope to the pier. The Sub-Lieutement got some soldiers to give bdas a pull aff the wreak.
buy opened fires like daylight due to the blass. Soldiers lot & of the rope and tookcover. X Sub-Lieutement who vas on the plan with the soldiers told the boats crew to abandon ship and got out of it as soon as possible. the two 0,3, got on the adde of the boat to get out and nearly turned the boat over. Sto. had to got out after and leave ldt and stouning Lit and everything. Ste. loss valied on the vrockage, shich num't doop, only up to valst then he was taken off wreckage by
& lifeboat these to a trawler thenes to
Dovor.